Art Education and Creative Aging: Older Adults as Learners, Makers, and Teachers of Art

This text explores how art education can address the needs of older adults as learners, makers, and teachers of art in formal and informal settings. It combines perspectives of educators, professors, therapists, and artists on what is meant by creative aging and the ways art education can support the health and well-being of this population.

Melanie Davenport is Associate Professor of Art Education in the Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University, USA.

Rébecca Bourgault is Assistant Professor and Chair of Art Education at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, USA.

Linda Hoeptner Poling is Associate Professor of Art Education at Kent State University, USA.

Marjorie Manifold is Professor of Arts Education at Indiana University, USA.